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parasitophobias

parasitophobias is the plural of parasitophobia.

Meaning of parasitophobia

Noun

parasitophobia (usually uncountable, plural parasitophobias)

  1. (usually) A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.
    • The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.(Can we date this quote?), Dr. Gale E. Ridge, “Delusory parasitosis. The belief of being lived on by arthropods or other organisms”, in The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, page 1

Questions about parasitophobias

What is parasitophobias the plural of?
Parasitophobias is the plural of parasitophobia.

Words near parasitophobias in the dictionary

  1. parasitologists
  2. parasitology
  3. parasitome
  4. parasitomes
  5. parasitophobia
  6. parasitophobias
  7. parasitophore
  8. parasitophores
  9. parasitophorous
  10. parasitophorous vacuole
  11. parasitophorous vacuoles

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